Hollywood (Africa)

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"Hollywood (Africa)"
"Hollywood (Africa)" cover
Single by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from the album Freaky Styley
Released August 16, 1985
Format LP
Recorded 1985
Genre Rock, Funk-Rock
Length 5:03
Label EMI/Capitol Records
Writer(s) The Meters
Producer(s) George Clinton
Red Hot Chili Peppers singles chronology
Catholic School Girls Rule (1985) Hollywood (Africa) (1985) Fight Like a Brave (1987)

Hollywood (Africa) is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 1985 album, Freaky Styley.

It is the second track on the album, and it was released as a single in the same year.

It is a cover of the song Africa by The Meters, from their album Rejuvenation.

[edit] Hollywood (Africa) single

7" single (1985)

  1. "Hollywood (Africa) (Album)"
  2. "Nevermind (Album)"

12" single (1985)

  1. "Hollywood (Africa) (Extended Dance Mix)"
  2. "Hollywood (Africa) (Dub Mix)"
  3. "Nevermind (Album)"


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Discography
Studio albums: The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984) | Freaky Styley (1985) | The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987) | Mother's Milk (1989) | Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) | One Hot Minute (1995) | Californication (1999) | By the Way (2002) | Stadium Arcadium (2006)
EPs, Live albums and compilations: The Abbey Road E.P. (1988) | What Hits!? (1992) | Live Rare Remix Box (1994) | Out in L.A. (1994) | Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers (1998) | The Best of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1998) | Greatest Hits (2003) | Live in Hyde Park (2004)
Singles: 1984: True Men Don't Kill Coyotes, Get Up and Jump | 1985: Jungle Man, American Ghost Dance, Catholic School Girls Rule, Hollywood (Africa) | 1987: Fight Like a Brave, Me & My Friends | 1989: Knock Me Down, Higher Ground, Taste the Pain | 1990: Show Me Your Soul | 1991: Give It Away | 1992: Under the Bridge, Suck My Kiss, Behind the Sun, Breaking the Girl | 1993: If You Have to Ask, Soul to Squeeze | 1995: Warped, My Friends | 1996: Aeroplane, Coffee Shop, Shallow Be Thy Game, Love Rollercoaster | 1999: Scar Tissue, Around the World | 2000: Otherside, Californication, Road Trippin', Parallel Universe | 2002: By the Way, The Zephyr Song | 2003: Can't Stop, Dosed, Universally Speaking, Fortune Faded | 2006: Dani California, Tell Me Baby, Snow ((Hey Oh)) | 2007: Desecration Smile, Hump de Bump
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